We offer outdoor educational and recreational programs to youth and their parents at no cost.

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• Colorado Youth Outdoors was developed by High School educators for High School educators.
• Our program is taught in the participating High School classroom.
• Parental participation not just welcomed but required.
• Classes are taught from September through May, every other Wednesday night. We teach a standardized curriculum that includes fishing skills, shooting skills, archery, map and compass reading, survival and wildlife education.

• Build stronger family relationships through outdoor curriculum.
• Standardize curriculum to be taught in every high school in the state of Colorado by the year 2020.
• Develop facilities to augment curriculum established with program growth throughout state.
• Increase public knowledge about Colorado's Natural Resources and Outdoor Recreations.